/newsroom/taxonomy/term/5837/all en /newsroom/channels/news/weeding-out-dealers-canadas-cannabis-market-357059 <p>It's been five years since Canada stepped into the forefront of cannabis legalization, setting a significant precedent in the realm of drug policy. With Canada and 24 US states now embracing recreational cannabis, the battle against the illegal market remains a key concern, one highlighted in the federal government's<a href="https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/publications/drogues-medicaments/examen-legislatif-loi-cannabis-rapport-final-comite-experts.html#a10"> final report on the Cannabis Act.</a></p> Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:43:49 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310459 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-national-cannabis-survey-356210 <p>New data show that, in 2023, five years after non-medical cannabis use was legalized, over one-third of younger adults aged 18 to 44 years and one in seven adults aged 45 years and older had used cannabis in the previous 12 months. The National Cannabis Survey is used to understand cannabis use and purchasing patterns in Canada, its impact on the economy, and to inform evidence-based national and provincial strategies, policies, and programs.</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:46:15 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310362 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/safe-cannabis-pain-relief-without-high-291089 <p>In the wake of cannabis legalization, a team of scientists at the <a href="http://rimuhc.ca/">Research Institute of the ����ֱ�� Health Centre</a> (MUHC) and ����ֱ�� have delivered encouraging news for chronic pain sufferers by pinpointing the effective dose of marijuana plant extract cannabidiol (CBD) for safe pain relief without the typical “high” or euphoria produced by the THC. The findings of their study have been published in the journal PAIN.</p> <p> </p> Thu, 25 Oct 2018 19:58:16 +0000 jessica.goodsell@mcgill.ca 94451 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/young-canadians-face-heightened-crash-risk-after-consuming-cannabis-new-study-finds-290574 <p>Young Canadians are more at risk of a vehicle crash even five hours after inhaling cannabis, according to results of a clinical trial conducted at the Research Institute of the ����ֱ�� Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and ����ֱ��, and funded by the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA).</p> Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:38:55 +0000 jessica.goodsell@mcgill.ca 88562 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/gazette-mcgill-and-muhc-given-500000-cannabis-cancer-research-projects-288891 <p>The funding will be split between separate projects looking into the properties of cannabidiol and a search for a new treatment of an aggressive brain cancer.</p> <p><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-and-muhc-given-500000-for-cannabis-cancer-research-projects">Read more</a></p> Thu, 16 Aug 2018 19:43:21 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 74059 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-federal-budget-2017-267188 <p>Finance Minister Bill Morneau will introduce the federal government's latest budget on March 22, 2017.</p> <h3><a href="/law/about/profs/gold-richard">Richard Gold</a>, Faculty of Law, ����ֱ��</h3> <p>His area of expertise is innovation policy, the clusters the government is announcing, and other programs they may mention to bolster how Canadian firms can become world players. He teaches in the area of intellectual property, international intellectual property, comparative intellectual property, innovation policy and intellectual property management.</p> Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:00:36 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26792 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/researchers-find-new-role-cannabinoids-vision-262364 <p><strong><em>����ֱ�� Newsroom</em></strong></p> <p><em>Chemicals found to improve low-light vision of tadpoles by sensitizing retinal cells</em></p> <p>A multidisciplinary team including researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute has improved our understanding of how cannabinoids, the active agent in marijuana, affect vision in vertebrates.</p> Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:38:22 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 26104 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/dr-mark-ware-vice-chair-task-force-cannabis-261602 <p>World-renowned pain specialist and medical cannabis researcher Dr. Mark Ware, director of clinical research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the ����ֱ�� Health Centre (MUHC), has been nominated vice-chair of an important federal task force that will provide guidance to the Canadian government as it prepares to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana in spring 2017.</p> Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:54:04 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26002 at /newsroom /newsroom/carolyn-baglole Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 22624 at /newsroom